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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 14,466 | 4,658 | 30.5 | 29.6-31.5 | 2,945 | 20.3 | 19.5-21.1 | 3,014 | 21.6 | 20.7-22.5 | 1,150 | 8.8 | 8.1- 9.4 | 2,699 | 18.9 | 18.0-19.7 |
-Iredell County | 415 | 135 | 31.5 | 26.6-36.8 | 86 | 18.8 | 15.0-23.2 | 78 | 19.6 | 15.6-24.3 | 39 | 10.9 | 7.8-15.1 | 77 | 19.2 | 14.6-25.0 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 167 | 39 | 24.7 | 18.0-32.8 | 32 | 16.2 | 11.3-22.6 | 37 | 21.4 | 15.4-29.0 | 21 | 13.9 | 8.9-20.9 | 38 | 23.9 | 16.2-33.7 |
Female | 248 | 96 | 38.9 | 32.3-45.8 | 54 | 21.6 | 16.4-28.0 | 41 | 17.6 | 12.9-23.5 | 18 | 7.7 | 4.7-12.4 | 39 | 14.2 | 10.2-19.4 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 359 | 117 | 31.4 | 26.2-37.1 | 79 | 19.7 | 15.7-24.5 | 66 | 19.3 | 15.0-24.4 | 36 | 11.9 | 8.4-16.5 | 61 | 17.8 | 12.8-24.2 |
Other | 53 | 17 | 32.2 | 19.7-47.9 | 7 | 14.0 | 6.0-29.2 | 10 | 19.6 | 10.3-34.2 | 3 | 6.2 | 1.8-18.7 | 16 | 28.0 | 16.7-42.9 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 159 | 41 | 25.8 | 18.8-34.3 | 30 | 16.6 | 11.3-23.7 | 38 | 23.0 | 16.5-31.0 | 16 | 11.1 | 6.7-17.9 | 34 | 23.5 | 15.3-34.3 |
45+ | 252 | 93 | 36.1 | 29.7-43.0 | 55 | 20.6 | 15.7-26.5 | 39 | 16.7 | 12.1-22.7 | 23 | 10.9 | 7.0-16.7 | 42 | 15.7 | 11.4-21.4 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 185 | 52 | 30.0 | 22.9-38.2 | 33 | 14.3 | 9.8-20.3 | 32 | 18.0 | 12.7-25.0 | 20 | 12.9 | 8.1-19.8 | 48 | 24.8 | 18.5-32.4 |
Some College + | 230 | 83 | 32.7 | 26.2-40.0 | 53 | 22.7 | 17.1-29.3 | 46 | 20.9 | 15.5-27.7 | 19 | 9.3 | 5.7-14.7 | 29 | 14.4 | 8.2-24.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 202 | 58 | 26.7 | 20.3-34.3 | 40 | 15.6 | 11.2-21.4 | 37 | 20.5 | 14.6-28.0 | 20 | 11.8 | 7.4-18.3 | 47 | 25.4 | 17.5-35.2 |
$50,000+ | 120 | 42 | 31.6 | 23.5-40.9 | 25 | 22.0 | 15.0-31.0 | 25 | 20.2 | 13.7-28.7 | 13 | 11.8 | 6.6-20.0 | 15 | 14.5 | 8.7-23.0 |
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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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